HUN 2201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Disaccharide, Carbohydrate, Starch
19 Feb 2018
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Unre ned foods: foods eaten either just as it is found in nature or with only minimal processing. Re ned foods: foods that have undergone processing that changes or removes various components of the original food. Made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Monosaccharides: carbs made up of only one sugar unit. Disaccharides: carbs made up of two sugar units. Polysaccharides: carbs made up of more than two sugar units. Fiber is a type of complex carbohydrate that cannot be broken down by human digestive enzymes: cannot be absorbed in the small intestine so it passes into the large intestine, two types of ber: Soluble ber dissolves in water to form viscous solutions: is found around and inside plant cells. Insoluble ber does not dissolve in water: comes primarily from the structural parts of plants, such as cell walls. Material that cannot be absorbed is excreted in the feces.
